Matamoros statue in the Cathedral

[Charles Hansen]

Well, the ripple I was pursuing was the concept of appeasement, which
certainly appears to be one of the guiding motives of the good fathers in
Santiago.  Expressed differently, seeking to somewhat less displease any
Muslim fundamentalists meaning harm to Spain by removing possibly
offensive - even if historical - icons from the cathedral.  While removing
this figure from the cathedral may in fact minimally lessen the possibility
of some nastiness being done there, the nature of these people is such that
it would only push them to some other target.

The inference to WW II Britian was that Chamberlain's efforts at appeasement
by offering up Eastern Europe as a cookie to Hitler in the vain hopes that
he would then spare the west, did England no good at all and some parties
believe were in fact largely responsible for the success of Germany and the
fact that WW II took place at all.  If Chamberlain was not blatantly more
staunchly anti-communist than anti-fascist, a linked Europe and Russia could
have stopped Hitler before he became flushed with his early and easy
successes.  Santiago may sleep more soundly, but at the possible cost of
some other city being attacked.

Charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Horton" <lasemillabesadaaHOTMAIL.COM>
To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: Matamoros statue in the Cathedral


> O my, did the English remove Matanazi statues from their churches?  I'm
> afraid I am now lost in the widening ripples of this topic.
>
> --Scott
>
>
> >From: Charles Hansen <VeloTrainaPEOPLEPC.COM>
> >Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
> >To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
> >Subject: Re: Matamoros statue in the Cathedral
> >Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 01:01:22 -0400
> >
> >I also agree with Claudia.
> >
> >The other thing I was thinking about this, and I will not claim any deep
> >knowledge of the history, is that I believe a number of European
countries
> >-
> >in fear of Hitler's growing power - tried to appease him, but it did
> >nothing
> >to prevent their eventual downfall to Germany.  Although it was not
> >occupied, I believe England was one of these countries, and their efforts
> >at
> >appeasement did nothing to lessen their later suffering in the war.
> >
> >Charles
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "pieter pannevis" <pieterpannevisaGMX.NET>
> >To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> >Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 8:26 PM
> >Subject: Re: Matamoros statue in the Cathedral
> >
> >
> > > Greatly spoken Claudia!
> > > In a recent book published in Holland by an Arab mosque it was stated
> >that
> > > all gays should be dropped from apartment building with their heads
down
> > > first and that woman should be beaten to obey as long as the beating
> >would
> > > not show.
> > > It seems to me that on the other hand it might be time to let Santiago
> > > Matamoras ride again.
> > >
> > > It's not ill will; all non-believers in Allah; children and woman
alike
> >have
> > > to be "assimilated"
> > > Lets' get back to the laughs of Gandhi and the recent photo is saw of
> >the
> > > Dalai Lama.
> > > Fear is not an option and will lead is to eroding our historical and
> > > cultural heritage (how awesome it might be)
> > >
> > > pieter, trigo and mickey
> > > duifhuis 58,
> > > 3862 jj Nijkerk
> > > the Netherlands
> > > mailto:pieterpannevisagmx.net
>
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